Car-coupling.



F. P. DEISSLER & F. W. DICKINSON.

CAR COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30. I915.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

WITNESSES INVENTOFH? ERJnlssZer I ATTO H NEYg.

FRANK r. nnrssnnn AND FRA K w. DICKINSON, or GREENVILLE, rnNNsYLvnNia.

CAR-COUPLING,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 112., 1916.

Application filed November 30, 1915. Serial No. 64,222.

, To all whom it may concern:

i "an element carried by provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth,

Be it known that we, FRANK P. DEIssLER and FRANK W. D1oKINsoN, c1tizens of the.

United States,' 'residi ng at Greenville, in the countyqof Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to all types of car couplers having a locking device or pin adapted to be'rais' 'd-"to uncouple the coupler heads by means of a lever and rock shaft? pivoted or mounted upon the car sill and eX-" pin element.

tending to the side of the car, and has for its object to provide means, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, for connecting the uncoupling lever and the locking pin, with means having provision in connection with the end of the un-v coupling end of the uncoupling lever to said means and the latter further set up so as to provide. a guide for the shifting'movement of the free end of the uncoupling lever. A further object of the invention is to a rigid element between the end of the uncoupling lever and the locking pin, at the same time providing a sliding connection between the uncoupling element and said rigid element, and by such an arrangement overcoming the employment of a chain or link connection between the inner end of the uncoupling lever and the locking pin.

Further objects of the invention are to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a slidable'connection between a locking pin lifting element and the inner end of an uncoupling lever, said lifting element being of one piece, and said connection being simple in its construction and arrangement, providing a guide for the inner end of the uncoupling lever, strong, durable, providing a housing for the inner end of the uncoupling lever to prevent said end from becoming damaged, efficient in its use, readily set up with respect to the inner end of the uncoupling comparatively inexpensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more speci scribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood lever and a locking pin, and

cally de- In the drawings wherein like reference.

characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a coupler head and uncoupling lever and showing the adaptation with a lever and aloclging .pin of a lifting element; in accordance; Tith this invention. 2 .front elv on .illustrating the elements referred in connection with Fig. 1. Fig. '3 is a perspective view of a locking Referring to the drawings in detail 1 denotes 'a coupler head, provided with a lockmg pm 2, having an apertured extension 3.

4 denotes the side of a car, 5 the car sill, 6 an uncoupling lever'journaled in a support 7 the inner end of the uncoupling lever is provided with a head 7 formed with an opening.

Associated with the inner end of the uncoupling lever 6 and the apertured exten-' sion 3 of the locking pin 2 is a lifting element consisting of a hollow substantially oval-shaped body portion 8 having each of its sides provided with a vertically dis osed elongated oval-shaped slot 9. The s ots 9 are arranged in parallelism. Formed integral with the lower end of the body portion 8 is a depending tapering tongue. 10, which terminates ina hook 11.513116 latter is adapted to be connected to the apertured exten- 'sion 3 and the opening in such extension is of such diameter with respect to the diameter of the hook to set up a loose connection between said hook 11 and the apertured ex tension 3.

The head 7' at the inner end of the uncoupling lever extends into the body portion 8 and is slidably connected therewith by a pin 12 having an enlarged head. 13 which slides against the outer face of one of the sides of the body portion 8. That end of the pin 12 which is not provided with a head has mounted thereon a disk 14 which slides against the outer face of the other side of the body portion 8 and is maintained in position upon the pin 12 bya cotter-pin 15. The pin 12 extends through the apertured head 7 of the uncoupling lever.

By setting up the locking pin lifting element in a manner as stated it overcomes the employment. of a chain connection between the uncoupling lever and said locking pin and furthermore as the head of the uncou pling lever extends into the body portion 8, the latter provides a housing for such -1 head and reduces to a minimum the possi- 5 bility of damage. The pin or slot connection between the head and body portion 8 allows for free movement of the lnner end of the coupler lever and furthermore the body portion 8 constitutes a guide for the 10 vertical movement of said head 7. The

uipper and lower ends of the slots9 limit t ing through said slots and said end for slidably connecting said end to said housing,

a Witnesses:

and a hook integral with the bottom of the housing and adapted to be connected to the ocking pin of a coupler.

to have an uncoupling lever connected therewlth and consisting of a housing having the side walls thereof slotted, and a hook integral with the lower end of, a housing. 3. In a 'car coupler the combination with the inner end of an uncoupling element, of

-' a housing incloslng the inner end and havtending through said slots and inner end 4C pm of a coupler. In testimony whereo we afiix our mg natures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK P. DEISSLER. FRANK W. DICKINSON.

2. A locking pin lifting element adapted 30 

